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This infect has been erroneoufry confidered by Efper and others as 

 the Phalaena nictitans of Linnaeus, an infect which it pretty much 

 refembles, but from which it differs fpecifically. This circumftance is 

 mentioned particularly by Ernft, who deicribes and figures both the 

 Linnsean fpecies, and the infect miftaken for it. The fpecimens he 

 delineates are in the cabinet of- M. Gerning of Frankfort. Ernft 

 defcribes our infecl; as a fcarce fpecies in Germany : in England 

 we believe it is very rare ; the only fpecimen we poffefs is in the ca- 

 binet of Mr. Drury. 



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